Tag: Cape Provinces

#459 They called me Potamogeton nodosus, also known as Potamogeton leschenaultii, and Potamogeton thunbergii. I pay homage to the male botanists Leschenault (I couldn’t find his records), and Carl Peter Thunberg. They first catalogued me in 1816.

Native to Afghanistan, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil North, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central European Rus, Chad, China South-Central, Chita, Colorado, Comoros, Corse, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Haiti, Hawaii, Hungary, Illinois, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kriti, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Marianas, Marion-Prince Edward, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Mexico, New York, Niger, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northern Territory, Northwest European R, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Romania, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Sinai, Socotra, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tennessee, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Windward Is., Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.